fareeda kariya, he's really smart on these issues, erin burnett, she spent a lot of time watching wall street, she's going to be joining us. we also have a lot of news on the other breaking news that we're following, an apparent deal on the faa work stoppage, if you will. ray lahood will be here in the situation room. but this 500-plus point drop in the stock market, that's a huge story. it affects so 78 people out there. remember, this is not just today. it's been going on for 8 of the last 9 sessions on wall street, dropped more than 1,000 points, 10%, that's huge. >> wolf blitzer, we'll see you in a couple minutes. >>> in the meantime i've got two more people i want to talk to, we've got to get a break in. don't move. we'll be right back. what if we turned trash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobile payment processing, instant hot spots, and 4g devices like the motorola photon. so let's all keep asking the big what ifs. sprint business specialists can help you find the answers. sprint. america's fav

fareeda fareedaa kariya. you know have people saying -- what you see going on, it's not so much people saying if europe is weak, that will hurt the american economy, but it's people saying the world is risky, i want out of risky things. we saw the oil price drop today even. >> greg, thanks for coming in. >> thank you, wolf. >>> we'll continue on the breaking news. a better sense of the feel. let's bring in dave howard. >>> what do you think? >> talk to your registered rep, your investment adviser, talk to the people at the firm. their long-term strategy has your best interest in mind. that's what the american public needs to realize, that their 401(k), there's going to be a lot of down days on the market and up days, but if you is ittic with your investment discipline, don't act like a trader, don't try to pick the top or the bottom, but stick with fundamentals, you should be all right. >> you were on the floor when all of this was unfolding. were you on the floor? >> i actually was not. i was upstairs watchi